Here a roundup of today's reviews and articles:

Adesso AKB-636UB Typewriter Keyboard
Asus & Strongbox create world's fastest 8xGPU rendering machine
Asus ROG GX501VI Zephyrus 120hz IPS (GTX 1080 NVIDIA MAX-Q) FULL Review
ASUS Zephyrus With GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q Gaming Laptop Preview: Thin And Beastly
Biostar releases B250 mining motherboard
Cougar Panzer Review
Drobo 5D3 5-bay Thunderbolt 3 storage solution launched
Drobo 5D3 DAS Review (Thunderbolt 3)
Holy Stone F181 Explorer Drone Review
Intel Core i7 7740X Benchmarks On Linux
Intel Core i9 7900X Linux Benchmarks
Intel SSD 545s 512GB SATA SSD Review
Scythe Mugen 5 PCGH Edition review: our new favourite
SilverStone Redline RL06 - PRO Case Overview
Stanley FatMax Lithium-Ion LED/HID Flashlight Review
The Best Smartphones
Toshiba XG5 NVMe SSD Review - 3D BiCS 64-Layer Flash Shines
Toshiba XG5 NVMe SSD Review: Strong Performance With 64-Layer BiCS 3D Flash
Western Digital My Passport SSD Mini-Review
WiMiUs L1 4K Action Cam Review

Adesso AKB-636UB Typewriter Keyboard

Adesso has a typewriter-inspired USB mechanical keyboard now, with round keycaps, a black and silver trim, and Outemu Blue clicky switches. Priced below $100, this also has novel twist-style feet to appeal to typists both old and new.

Read full article @ techPowerUp

Asus & Strongbox create world's fastest 8xGPU rendering machine

In other Asus news, the firm has today announced its Mining Series graphics cards.

Read full article @ Hexus

Asus ROG GX501VI Zephyrus 120hz IPS (GTX 1080 NVIDIA MAX-Q) FULL Review

Our recent preview of the Asus ROG GX501VI Zephyrus laptop was frustrating (https://www.kitguru.net/lifestyle/mobile/laptops/leo-waldock/asus-rog-gx501vi-zephyrus-with-nvidia-max-q-technology-exclusive) as we weren’t allowed to discuss performance, frame rates, temperatures, clock speed or battery life.

The good news is that the Nvidia NDA has lifted on Max-Q technology and we can now talk turkey about exactly is going on inside the GTX 1080 Max-Q and how that affects game play and the way the laptop performs.

Read full article @ KitGuru

ASUS Zephyrus With GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q Gaming Laptop Preview: Thin And Beastly

NVIDIA's Computex 2017 unveiling of the new GeForce GTX with Max-Q Design technology for laptops was presented with the usual charismatic polish and enthusiasm that the company's leather-clad CEO, Jen-Hsun Huang is well known for. Frankly, it seemed a little too good to be true. In one hand, Huang held a legacy 10-pound boat anchor of a gaming notebook, while in the other he held the new ASUS ROG Zephyrus, a sub-5 pound machine that's just 17.9mm thick.

Extolling the virtues of the new ASUS notebook powered by a GeForce GTX 1080 with Max-Q Design technology, he pointed out that the new machine had 3 times the gaming performance of the old one (powered by a mobile GeForce GTX 880) at half the weight and 1/3rd the thickness. It was a stark contrast to be sure, and a bold claim, and you know we're the type to put bold claims to the test...

Read full article @ HotHardware

Biostar releases B250 mining motherboard

Meant strictly for cryptocurrency mining, since we can't think of any other situation where you would need a B250 Express chipset motherboard with 12 PCIe slots, the Biostar TB250-BTC Pro has a couple of other tricks up its sleeve, including a matrix arrangement of the PCI-E slots which gives enough space daughter cards and should result in more stable signals to and from the board and the devices, aka graphics cards which are happily "digging" for cryptocurrency.

Read full article @ Fudzilla

Cougar Panzer Review

With the Panzer, Cougar has yet another case in its portfolio. This tower costs almost 80 Euro and for this kind of money you get a well-built case with a lot of space on the inside as well as an aggressive design. Like the bigger brother Panzer Max, the new Panzer comes with a PSU cover and a good list of features like two solid tempered glass panels. Furthermore this case is compatible with watercooling system and 360mm radiators.

Read full article @ ocaholic

Drobo 5D3 5-bay Thunderbolt 3 storage solution launched

Designed to facilitate optimised, protected creative workflows. Drobo has launched a new product into its Direct Attached Storage (DAS) portfolio. The new 5-bay Drobo 5D3 storage solution uses Thunderbolt 3 connectivity and offers a 2X performance boost beyond what the award winning and popular Drobo 5D can muster. Thanks to Thunderbolt 3, the Drobo 5D3 can offer much more than storage related functionality, for example it can also work as a dock providing further Thunderbolt / USB ports, and connect up to 2x 4K monitors. Up to six Thunderbolt 3 devices can be daisy chained and there will still be enough power to (slow) charge a laptop.

Read full article @ Hexus

Drobo 5D3 DAS Review (Thunderbolt 3)

KitGuru has reviewed a handful of Drobo products in recent years and today we present our analysis of their latest Thunderbolt 3/USB C DAS called the Drobo 5D3. Drobo are still working on finalising Thunderbolt 3 Windows support so we were asked to review this particular sample on an Apple computer – specifically their latest generation laptops which feature Thunderbolt 3 ports. Apple were generous enough to send us their highest specification Apple MacBook Pro 13,3 unit, priced at just over £4,000.

Read full article @ KitGuru

Holy Stone F181 Explorer Drone Review

Today's review of the Holy Stone F181 Explorer Drone will go over everything in-depth of my experiences with this drone and provide real footage from its 720p HD onboard video camera along with still capture photos. Read on to see if this drone is worth it for a child, or good enough for adults...

Read full article @ ModSynergy.com

Intel Core i7 7740X Benchmarks On Linux

Now with the motherboards having arrived, we can move on to our Intel Core-X Linux benchmarking. Here is an initial look at the Intel Core i7 7740X Kabylake-X processor.

Read full article @ Phoronix

Intel Core i9 7900X Linux Benchmarks

Since the Intel Core-X Series were announced last month at Computex, I've been excited to see how well this high-end processor will perform under Linux... Linux enthusiasts have plenty of highly-threaded workloads such as compiling the Linux kernel, among other packages, and thus have been very excited by the potential of the Core i9 7900X with its ten cores plus Hyper Threading and sporting a 13.75MB cache. With finally having an X299 motherboard ready, here are my initial Ubuntu Linux benchmarks for the i9-7900X.

Read full article @ Phoronix

Intel SSD 545s 512GB SATA SSD Review

Intel has a number of exciting storage products launching in 2017 and today just happens to be the day they launch the Intel SSD 545s series that will be added to the SATA III-based SSD product line. This is Intels first client SSD featuring 64-layer Intel 3D NAND technology, which is what makes this products release really interesting. The model that well be taking a look at today the Intel SSD 545s 512GB drive...

Read full article @ Legit Reviews

Scythe Mugen 5 PCGH Edition review: our new favourite

The Scythe Mugen coolers are close to legendary: CPU coolers from this series have been keeping up with top CPU coolers since the first generation. Nevertheless they're much more affordable than other coolers that perform similarly. Today we're taking a look at the newest model: the Mugen 5 PCGH Edition.

Read full article @ Hardware.Info

SilverStone Redline RL06 - PRO Case Overview

Ask any system builder to name a case manufacturer that they respect and that represents quality. You would be hard pressed to find anyone with a negative thing to say about SilverStone. After meeting up with them at CES you can tell that their commitment to a high standard is not something they take lightly.

Read full article @ Modders-Inc

Stanley FatMax Lithium-Ion LED/HID Flashlight Review

Today I share with you two powerful Stanley flashlights, one LED and one HID, utilizing lithium-ion battery technology as opposed to heavier and problematic sealed lead acid types. Improvements come in the form of weight savings, extended runtime, longer bulb lifetime, and a stronger brighter beam that is literally a light saber! Find out how useful these can be in your home, work, and garage. Everyone needs flashlights, see if these are worth your hard earned money.

Read full article @ ModSynergy.com

The Best Smartphones

You've read the reviews and have formed your own opinions on the devices you've owned and currently own, but with our vast access to devices, the best smartphones feature is meant to highlight the stuff that matters, what we'd buy for ourselves based in a number of factors (particularly price point) and thus make it easier for you to buy the best possible device.

Read full article @ TechSpot

Toshiba XG5 NVMe SSD Review - 3D BiCS 64-Layer Flash Shines

Flash memory, at the consumer level, came to the forefront in late 2007 and has changed everything we do, without most understanding , or caring to understand the reason why. Its advance has changed our world and we do things every day that somehow touches flash memory in some way, shape or form. The easiest example might be a quick look at your smart phone and wondering why it is more powerful than the typical home PC just a few years ago. The latest success in the world of flash is 3D NAND flash memory, 64-Layer memory in fact. This memory provides the consumer with incredible performance, value and storage. The Toshiba XG5 1TB NVMe SSD contains Toshiba's newest 3D 64-Layer BiCS memory and our report will examine Toshiba's newest memory, as well as their newest NVMe controller to go along with it.

Read full article @ The SSD Review

Toshiba XG5 NVMe SSD Review: Strong Performance With 64-Layer BiCS 3D Flash

At Dell EMC World a few weeks back, we gave you a glimpse of an unnamed Toshiba NVMe SSD that featured 64-layer BiCS 3D flash memory. We couldn’t reveal much about the drive back then, but Toshiba eventually lifted the veil, and revealed a new family of drives dubbed the XG5.

If you're unfamiliar with the technology, Toshiba’s BiCS flash memory employs a three-dimensional (3D) stacked cell structure that is designed for high density applications, but it also offers higher endurance than typical 3D NAND flash memory.

Toshiba's NVMe XG5 series specifications are rather impressive. The drives will conform to the standard M.2 2280 "gumstick" form factor and offer sequential read and write performance of up to 3GB/s and 2.1GB/s, respectively, over a PCIe 3 x4 interface...

Read full article @ HotHardware

Western Digital My Passport SSD Mini-Review

Flash-based external direct-attached storage (DAS) devices have evolved rapidly over the last few years. Starting with simple thumb drives that could barely saturate USB 2.0 bandwidth, we now see high-performance external SSDs. The full performance from these new crop of external storage devices can only be realized using the USB 3.1 Gen 2 interface. Western Digitals My Passport SSD is an external SSD with a USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type-C interface. It caters to the mainstream market and comes in three capacities - 256GB, 512GB, and 1TB. In this review, we take a look at the 1TB version.

Read full article @ Anandtech

WiMiUs L1 4K Action Cam Review

WiMiUs, a company based out of Shenzhen, China, has sent us one of their 4k action cams for us to review. This is the WiMiUs L1 4K Action Cam, somewhat similar to a GoPro Hero Session in size, but around half the price. In this article for Benchmark Reviews I’ll be putting the WiMiUs 4K Ultra HD Action Cam L1 to the test. Is the L1 worth a look, let’s find out!

Read full article @ Benchmark Reviews